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7N2UQC   Contact Moderator
I could enjoy the good contest.
Tnx for a fine contest again.
IC-7600, Dipole-Ant.
 
AB2RA   [photo/doc]   Contact Moderator
This is my first effort in a return to RTTY, absent since the mid 1970s. The biggest challenge is
integrating RTTY and logging programs. Had to manually correct the log for band entry, and it
reduced the score to zero for several contacts. MMTTY simply will not work (decode but no transmit)
on an FTdx101d. But its an old DOS program. N1MM prefers it as the engine for RTTY. Was also unable
to get MMVARI to work either. 

I found fldigi easy to install (even had a drop down choice for FTdx101d) and got it running
quickly, in AFSK mode, with the transciever in DATA-L mode. Howver, N1MM kept wanting to invoke
MMVARI and RTTY mode, even though I had that set to NONE for transceiver, and it kept switching the
mode from RTTY to PSK (bcause the Yaesu rig is true FSK only in RTTY).

N1MM should be able to run in stand alone manual entry mode without all this hassle. BTW, I do not
have any trouble with N1MM on SSB or CW, sends stored messages and logs seamlessly. Great program,
and freeware! N1MM should take a look at disabling all the extra features, so at least people could
get a simple setup going.

Therefore I apologize for the necessary edits to the log, so others could get credit for the QSO.

Wow, I miss my Commodore 64, Homebrew hardware interface, Maurauder, and Drake 2C setup. Life was so
simple back then.
 
AB5XM   Contact Moderator
Thank you for sponsoring the contest!  I enjoyed it!!
 
AD4ES   Contact Moderator
Great that FT8 was not a part of this years competition. Score
and Qso count far exceeded last year. Due do  multiple brain
errors a checked out RTTY system failed to perform and took some
4 hours at the bbegiing to resolve. Commitments towards the end
of the contest further limited our time to 19:25 hours. Our
average was 59.7 Q's for every hour we operated.
 
DL1ASA   Contact Moderator
warm up for 2023
 
DU1/N6HPX   Contact Moderator
was a super fun one and had some great friends on the other end. 73 and HNY 2023
 
EA4BAS   Contact Moderator
Icom 7300
eaXbeam
Dipole Bazooka Cucco 40-80
 
EA4FME   Contact Moderator
ICOM 7610
EAXBEAM AND DIPOLE
 
EI7M   Contact Moderator
Apologies about sent serial number problems for first 20 or so QSOs - software problem fixed after
that. Good fun with nice conditions, especially on the high bands, and it was great to have some
visiting newcomers to get a taste of contesting. Thanks for all the QSOs and HNY!
 
EW8G   Contact Moderator
5 WATTS
ANT UW4HW (GP) 10-15-20M
INV V 30-40-80M
DELTA  15-20M
 
EW8OM   Contact Moderator
73!
 
F4IRV   Contact Moderator
2ND PARTICIPATION FOR ME.
73 AND HNY TO ALL
 
F5RD   Contact Moderator
Transceiver - ICOM IC-751AF 70W with panadapter (RSP1A + SDRuno).
Multiband center-fed 2x26.5m 7m up, HB9CV 10m.
Software - N1MM Logger+ V1.0.9768.
Thanks to all who worked me.
See you again next year.
F5RD Bernard.
 
F6IRG   Contact Moderator
4 elt delta loop mono 28 mhz
 
G4IDF   Contact Moderator
Just did 100 QSO's on the Sunday, thanks to all for the contacts
 
G4VSZ   Contact Moderator
DUE TO COMPUTER FAILURE ONLY OPERATED FOR A SHORT TIME
 
GU0SUP   Contact Moderator
Limited time to operate due to family stuff, and also very bad WX
on Saturday evening with severe gales, storms and heavy rain.
Started on Sunday morning, and 40m was good, with several W7's
in the log. Mostly S&P, but had some fun calling CQ too.
A large number of stations called me with my call twice, and their
call got lost in QRM/QSB.
It seemed that there wasn't as much activity as in previous
years, but there was some nice DX around.
 
HF20LVK   Contact Moderator
RIG:FTdx-101D PWR:5 ANT:DeltaLoop & CP6S
 
I2XLF   Contact Moderator
KENWOOD TS450S ANT DIPOLE
 
IK0ALH   Contact Moderator
KENWOOD TS 950S ANTENNA 4 ELEMENTS 40 MT
LOCATOR JN61BX
 
IK2OVT   Contact Moderator
TNX x QSOs - PROPAGATION IS FAIR-GODD FROM USA TNX YOUR JOB x TEST. GL ET
VY '73 THE RTTY MODE FOR ME IS THE BEST. GL DX.
 
IK2SBB   Contact Moderator
RTX: Icom IC-735 - 70w
ANT: Mindows all band
DIG: RigExpert Standard - MixW 2.19
 
IK4XQT/4   Contact Moderator
ic 736 mag loop baby indoor
 
IN3OWY   Contact Moderator
TS-590SG  ANT. VERT AND  LW
 
IT9MBZ   Contact Moderator
Few time to spend in this beautiful contest.
Hope next year to have more time to spend.
 
IT9VCE   Contact Moderator
On the second day the propagation in the high bands ended too soon, while
in 40 and 80 meters it was bad, and for this reason the contest ended two
hours early.
 
IT9VDQ   Contact Moderator
TS-590sg + balcony telescopic stylus @ 11th floor :-)))
 
IZ2LSP   Contact Moderator
BEAUTIFUL CONTEST
 
IZ2ZQP   Contact Moderator
CONTEST BEAUTIFUL BUT VERY TIRING
 
IZ3XNJ   Contact Moderator
RTX: Yaesu FT DX 10
ANT: end-fed longwire
PWR: 50 W
 
IZ6DWH   Contact Moderator
NICE CONTEST...AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
 
JA1DBG   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1RYC   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA2AXB   Contact Moderator
Thanks for the contests
 
JA2HYD   Contact Moderator
Tnx FB Contest !!
 
JA3HBF   Contact Moderator
RIG: IC-7600 +IC-PW1(500W)
ANT: DP, 3ELE Tribander
 
JA3JM   Contact Moderator
RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical
 
JA3MIB   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA3VOV   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA4RMX   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA6FFO   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA8UON   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA9LX   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE3RMQ   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE5HTN   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE6QQN   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE8UHY   Contact Moderator
RIG: ICOM IC-7300 50W
ANT: Mobile Whip
Operator's License: Japanese 2nd class
Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.
 
JF1LMB   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF1TEU   Contact Moderator
Every Year,I got start new year with ARRL RTTY RoundUp Contest and having fun.
 
JF2FIU   Contact Moderator
Thank you all stations!
 
JG1LHB   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1UKW   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG2REJ   Contact Moderator
ARIGATOH!
 
JH0ILL   Contact Moderator
Thanks for joining contest
TX IC-7610 1000W
ANT:4ELE,
 
JH1JJV   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1KYA   Contact Moderator
I vy enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1NVA   Contact Moderator
CONDX was really GOOD!
IC-7300+EFHW antenna
No.002,005 & 037 were UNSENT because of my mistake.
 
JH1WOY   Contact Moderator
RF out 100W
 
JH3DMQ   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
OATH : I swer using QRP5W Out
RIG : IC-7300M ANT : 19.8mh V-DP
 
JH3QFY   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH7UJU   Contact Moderator
FT-817ND  DP Yagi
 
JI1FWH   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI1LET   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI4WHS   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ0PJD   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1ESR   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1HIY   Contact Moderator
A happy new year. I sent No.18 twice by mistake.
 
JR1AQI   Contact Moderator
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR3GPP   Contact Moderator
Thank you for listening to my weak signal !!
 
K0GEO   Contact Moderator
Great way to start the new year 2023!   Fun to be
on RTTY for a change!  Thank you for the QSO's
and 73!
 
K0VH   Contact Moderator
Low power using 6BTV
 
K3CCR   Contact Moderator
K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. In ARRL
RTTY N3UM and W5MPB did Multi-1 HP. We hoped to do Multi-2; our
old K3 with Signalink did RTTY FB recently. But at ~17Z it would
receive and key, but no Tx power. Attempted remedies failed; we
fell back to Multi-1 and started 2.2 hrs. late. On 20 M 20-23Z,
N3UM ran for 32 Qs, then W5MPB ran for 67 Qs, and N3UM ran for
11 more. At 23Z we had 110 NA Qs and 35 St/Pv mults, 59% of our
final total. On 40 M 2304-0019Z N3UM ran for 62 of 67 NA and EU
Qs and 11 first DX mults on 40 M and quit to return early. W5MPB
clicked spots for 88 Qs and 18 DX mults 0138 to 0506Z QRT. Back
at 13Z N3UM ran for 28 of 33 20-M Qs by 1342Z, mostly EUs. He
ran on 15 M for 11 of 34 Qs by 1442Z, then got 20 10-M EU Qs by
1523Z. On 20 M 1549-1745Z W5MPB got 46 EU and NA Qs. From 18Z to
24Z QRT we got just 5 mults; we hopped among 4 bands to get Qs.
N3UM ran on 20 M 1801-1917 for 63 Qs, 50/hr. W5MPB then got 33
Qs on 15 M. N3UM got 29 Qs in 80 min. on 15, 20, and 40 M, then
W5MPB got 21 Qs on 40 and 80 M in the last hour. We missed DE,
VT, WY, and 5 of the 14 VE Pvs. Of our 59 DX mults 39 were in
EU, 66%. We got only 11 Qs and 7 mults in SA; 1 LU and 3 PYs.
 
K5VG   Contact Moderator
This was my first foray into RTTY territory after 51 years as a ham.  I managed to put it off that
long--yes, I did.  I am putting it off no more.  The warbling sounds better than FT8 warbling. I may
even look for a Model 28 on Ebay to augment my K4.
 
K5ZD   Contact Moderator
Nice to be only RTTY.  Great conditions and activity!
 
K6FA   Contact Moderator
Hope I worked some new states and countries plus they QSL via
LoTW. Had fun. Fun contest and great for us non-speed typers.
 
K7VIT   Contact Moderator
I am submitting the last QSO with WB6CIA just in case he got our
QSO logged "under the wire."  I got my side logged about 10
seconds after the clock moved to 00:00 UTC.
year with good band conditions.  Thank you.  73,  K7VIT  Jerry
 
K8YE   Contact Moderator
I really enjoyed the ARRL RTTY Test again this year, and had fun
despite less than ideal conditions for me.
 
K9JY   Contact Moderator
Only have a 40-Meter vertical at this point.

Happy to provide the VT multiplier.
 
KB8ECG   Contact Moderator
MI
 
KB8LKH   Contact Moderator
Some how a contest overlay of TB-WIRES got selected.  I should have  no  overlay selected.
 
KC6CNN   Contact Moderator
1st contest. 
First submission
 
KE3K   Contact Moderator
I really enjoy the ARRL RTTY RU however, I am not a big fan of the two-break
rule. Call it an element of challenge if you want, but with our aging ham
population it does little to encourage operators from getting up, moving around
and obtaining sufficient rest throughout the weekend. As an organization committed to 'Safety First'
the ARRL may want to consider retiring this rule.
 
KF4RJA   Contact Moderator
This is the first time I tried out RTTY as well as the MM1N app. I figured I would get a dozen or so
QSO's, but ended up with 286...I might be back next year.....

Robert - KF4RJA
 
KG5EIU   Contact Moderator
The bands were good!!!
 
KH6TU   Contact Moderator
First six QSOS, I did not send serial number.
 
KJ9C   Contact Moderator
testnig MMTTY.
 
LZ2JA   Contact Moderator
Rig: IC-7000   100 W
Ant: OB16-3
 
M0IPU   Contact Moderator
DXspider: dxs.ddns.net:7300, CC Cluster: dxnode.ddns.net:8888, AR Cluster6: arc6.ddns.net:7373
 
MW9W   Contact Moderator
Unfortunately I had to work this weekend so couldn't make as
much time for radio as I had hoped. Also the tri-band yagi
decided to have problems think the rain must have got in a
 
N0UI   Contact Moderator
First RTTY Roundup, and First RTTY Contest.  Had a blast on 10m.
 
N2KI   [photo/doc]   Contact Moderator
This was my first revisit to the Round Up in a number of years. Equipment utilized was an FTDX101MP,
Navassa 5 beam, 80M OCF.  All gear worked well with no issues.  Getting back into the saddle is like
riding a bike; you never forget.
 
N3RDV   Contact Moderator
New radio with new software. Talk about a learning curve!!
 
N5EIH   Contact Moderator
First contest as Single Op.  Did not record some serial numbers
in other logging program.  Converting to contest logger and
rescoring caused some exchange entries to be changed.
 
N6HI   Contact Moderator
ONE HALF WATT to a 20-Foot End-Fed Wire.
When I could find time, I got on for some
short sessions. Conditions were quite good!
Tnx for the QSOs. GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS!
-73- John N6HI
 
N6JSO   Contact Moderator
Lots of fun! These were my first RTTY QSOs ever! Due to the storms on the California coast, I
couldn't use an outdoor antenna and just used a magloop setup indoors and operated QRP. I started
the contest to support NCCC with hopes of getting at least 1 QSO and I got 50, including Alaska,
Hawaii, Japan, and Mexico. I think I'm addicted to RTTY now. Plus listening to the tones makes me
nostalgic for old-style modems, which is basically what RTTY is, minus the originate and answer
carriers.
 
N6QEK/KL7   Contact Moderator
I did not see many stations on my computer screen
from Europe this year.  In 2022, I worked a lot
of European stations.  It is probably due to
propagation.
 
N7GR   Contact Moderator
Good conditions. Lots of fun.
 
N7JI   Contact Moderator
2023 RTTY roundup
 
N7WY   Contact Moderator
FTdx-101mp, alpha 87a, tribander, 2 el 40 m and inverted vee on 80 m
 
N8EUI   Contact Moderator
First time operating a RTTY contest. Had a blast!
 
N9TF   Contact Moderator
Only PT this year, but lots of fun in the chair. Even put together
a few busy short runs with this little pistol station. Not a lot of
DX found it's way into my log, but 39 DXC did, mostly western EU, AF
and some SA/Caribbean. Finally having at least one resonant antenna,
(6BTV ground mounted) planted, made a big difference from last years
RTTYRU. Heard more, and worked more in less time!
Had lots of fun this year. 73 Gene N9TF Clarksville TN
100 watts to 6BTV ground mounted w/8 32' radials.
 
NA4DA   Contact Moderator
Great fun.  Husband/Wife Multi-Two.  The bands were crowded, and operators were professional.  Loved
it!
 
ND2T   Contact Moderator
We upgraded our plans to Multi-Two from last year's Multi-Single.

15m and 10m were in much better shape than last year. A great start
on those bands put us 50% ahead of last year's rate.

The station is fabulous! From a mountain top above San Jose, CA
we can hear very weak stations, can work Europe on 10m,
and get through pileups quickly when S&P.

The Pineapple Express atmospheric river weather was a challenge.
Rain static interrupted some good times on 40m and 80m. Power
failures, technology problems, and staffing shortages meant we were
single-op for 3 or 4 hours and missed 4.5 hours completely.
 
OK1HEH   Contact Moderator
FT991 LW27m GAP Titan DX
 
OK1TRJ   Contact Moderator
IC-7300 / 90 W / endfed wire 24 m long @ 8m agl / 73!
 
OK7O   Contact Moderator
FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom101-500W, Dipol, 10el. LogPer, beverages
 
OK7V   Contact Moderator
Icom-746, Vertical ant
 
OK7W   Contact Moderator
I knew before the contest that there should be great conditions on high bands, so I started on 20m.
Its hard to say if that was a good move or not, but first two hours had nice rates. 
Unfortunatelly, then the rate came down. I guess its because lots of US stations enjoying allready
working high bands and not calling me on 40m :(. 
But I knew I will be compensated next day afternoon on 20 and 15. And It was! 
The best 60 minute rate was 147/hour from 15:07 to 16:06 - that was great and I really enjoyed it,
both radios of 2BSIQ operation was full of strong callers :).
And The fun fact is, looking to my 2022 stats, I see that the best rate was in the same minutes from
15:07 to 16:06! - what a coincidence :).
The contest was fun with the 2BSIQ and nice opnenings. Thanks for organizing the test! 
Also Thanks to OK1MU for general help on QTH and OK2ZAW for technical support - thanks to many
products from his QRO.CZ company I was able to run the test with nice reliable setup.
Mny tnx for all the QSOs, see you on the bands next time, may be WPX RRTY in few weeks!?
73s, OK1CID, OK7W (from OL7M contest group)

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CALLSIGN: OK7W
CONTEST: ARRL-RTTY
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: OK7W
==> CTY.DAT not found.  Country Stats will not be produced.


-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1800       0     24     63     24      0      0    111    111    5.9
1900       0     49     62      0      0      0    111    222   11.8
2000       0     49     27      0      0      0     76    298   15.8
2100       0     33     44      0      0      0     77    375   19.9
2200       0     17     42      0      0      0     59    434   23.1
2300       0     17     36      0      0      0     53    487   25.9
0000       0      4     46      0      0      0     50    537   28.5
0100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    537   28.5
0200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    537   28.5
0300       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    537   28.5
0400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    537   28.5
0500       0     15     38      0      0      0     53    590   31.4
0600       0      7     52     12      0      0     71    661   35.1
0700       0      0     42     24      0      0     66    727   38.6
0800       0      0      0     44     38      0     82    809   43.0
0900       0      0      0     45     25      0     70    879   46.7
1000       0      0      0      9      4      0     13    892   47.4
1100       0      0      0     29     31      0     60    952   50.6
1200       0      0      0     28     44      2     74   1026   54.5
1300       0      0      0     43     49      0     92   1118   59.4
1400       0      0      0     52     78      0    130   1248   66.3
1500       0      0      0     69     76      0    145   1393   74.1
1600       0      0      0     52     62      0    114   1507   80.1
1700       0      0      0     36     58      0     94   1601   85.1
1800       0      0     14     29     22      0     65   1666   88.6
1900       0      4     39     11      0      0     54   1720   91.4
2000       0     22     25      0      0      0     47   1767   93.9
2100       0     19     37      0      0      0     56   1823   96.9
2200       0      8     37      0      0      0     45   1868   99.3
2300       0      2     11      0      0      0     13   1881  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0    270    615    507    487      2   1881

Gross QSOs=1905        Dupes=24        Net QSOs=1881

Unique callsigns worked = 1166

The best 60 minute rate was 147/hour from 1507 to 1606
The best 30 minute rate was 156/hour from 1522 to 1551
The best 10 minute rate was 192/hour from 1520 to 1529

The best 1 minute rates were:
 5 QSOs/minute    1 times.
 4 QSOs/minute   35 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  134 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  384 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  566 times.

There were 966 bandchanges and 559 (29.7%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3        16
   4       575
   5       644
   6       636
   7         6
   8         2
   9         2

------------ M u l t i p l i e r   S u m m a r y ------------
Mult     160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------
-DX-       0    258    347    277    177      1   1060   56.4
NY         0      0     23     19     25      0     67    3.6
PA         0      1     20     15     20      0     56    3.0
MD         0      3     19     16     14      0     52    2.8
VA         0      1     22     12     16      0     51    2.7
IL         0      0     13      5     16      0     34    1.8
NJ         0      1      9      9     14      0     33    1.8
OH         0      0     14      5     13      0     32    1.7
FL         0      1     10      8     12      1     32    1.7
ON         0      0     11      6     15      0     32    1.7
NC         0      0     11      6     15      0     32    1.7
TN         0      0     12      9     10      0     31    1.6
MA         0      2     11      7      9      0     29    1.5
MN         0      0      6      7     13      0     26    1.4
TX         0      0      4      5     11      0     20    1.1
CA         0      0      5      9      5      0     19    1.0
MO         0      0      7      2      7      0     16    0.9
WI         0      0      4      3      8      0     15    0.8
WA         0      0      2     10      3      0     15    0.8
CT         0      1      6      1      6      0     14    0.7
QC         0      0      5      4      4      0     13    0.7
MI         0      0      4      3      6      0     13    0.7
IN         0      0      3      5      5      0     13    0.7
GA         0      0      3      2      8      0     13    0.7
SC         0      0      3      4      5      0     12    0.6
ME         0      1      3      3      4      0     11    0.6
AZ         0      0      4      4      3      0     11    0.6
CO         0      0      1      3      6      0     10    0.5
KY         0      0      2      3      4      0      9    0.5
RI         0      0      4      2      3      0      9    0.5
NH         0      1      4      2      2      0      9    0.5
BC         0      0      3      4      2      0      9    0.5
KS         0      0      2      2      3      0      7    0.4
DE         0      0      3      1      2      0      6    0.3
OR         0      0      0      6      0      0      6    0.3
NS         0      0      1      2      2      0      5    0.3
MS         0      0      1      3      1      0      5    0.3
IA         0      0      1      2      2      0      5    0.3
AR         0      0      2      2      1      0      5    0.3
LA         0      0      1      2      2      0      5    0.3
OK         0      0      2      0      3      0      5    0.3
NV         0      0      1      2      2      0      5    0.3
SD         0      0      1      1      2      0      4    0.2
WV         0      0      1      3      0      0      4    0.2
SK         0      0      0      2      1      0      3    0.2
ID         0      0      0      2      1      0      3    0.2
AB         0      0      0      3      0      0      3    0.2
VT         0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.1
PE         0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.1
NE         0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
MT         0      0      0      2      0      0      2    0.1
DC         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.1
AL         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.1
UT         0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.1
NB         0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.1
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0    270    615    507    487      2   1881

U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area    QSOs     Pct
--------------------
   0     132     7.0
   1     156     8.3
   2     232    12.3
   3     272    14.5
   4     238    12.7
   5      84     4.5
   6      56     3.0
   7      86     4.6
   8     124     6.6
   9     132     7.0
--------------------
Total   1512    80.4

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands     680
2 bands     300
3 bands     143
4 bands      43
5 bands       0
6 bands       0

------- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O s ------
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs      0     58    212    206    203      1
 
OM8JP   Contact Moderator
50 W, 3 band dipole (14090,21,28)
 
ON7ET   Contact Moderator
For this year's edition, only inverted-v dipoles were available.
Thanks to those who received my signals and allowed me to make some QSOs.
It's always a lot of fun to make RTTY QSO.
73
 
PA0AWH   Contact Moderator
RIG: YAESU-FT817, 5 WATT IN RTTY
ANTENNAS: SLOPING DELTA LOOP / WINDOM AS INV. VEE
 
PA5WT   Contact Moderator
As noted here before, many FT8 operators did not listen (or watch) if a frequency is free and just
started sending their signals on top of our RTTY signals. This behavior made mixed mode RTTY and FT8
sometimes no fun at all. It's called  'RTTY Round Up' so maybe it's better to give FT8 users there
own 'FT8 Round Up' on some other date! 
73, Kees PA5WT
 
PA6AA   Contact Moderator
Thanks for the nice contest. See you again next year!!
 
PC8M   Contact Moderator
Great condx to work US east and west (!!) early evening from EU till 22.00 UTC. Fun contest!
 
PD0ME   Contact Moderator
ICOM 7300
FB33 -INV V
 
PE2K   Contact Moderator
73, Cu next time, PE2K
 
PE4A   Contact Moderator
Rig : Yaesu FT-991a, antennas: 10-15-20m, 12AVQ and 40-80M
doublet 2 x 21m
 
PG1R   Contact Moderator
Rig TS590S, barefoot, output to antenna 70Watts.
Antenna horizontal multiband dipole, over all length 17m, 5m over ground.
Thanks for organizing this nice contest!
 
R1AV   Contact Moderator
Icom IC-7300
PA=100 watts
CW80.1000
 
R8XF   Contact Moderator
TX/RX: Yaesu FT-920
ANT: XL-222, DILOLE
 
RA1ALC   Contact Moderator
ICOM-756II, Ant AV-620, Inv.V
 
RM0W   Contact Moderator
Very GOOD prop in this year!!
 
RN2FQ   Contact Moderator
TKS FOR NICE CONTEST
PWR_25 w, ANT_6el 3band Yagi, TNX FOR NICE CONTEST!de Igor.
 
RN5AA   Contact Moderator
TNX 73!
 
RV3DBK   Contact Moderator
TX 5 Watts Ant Magnetic Loop (indoor)
 
SI3A   Contact Moderator
YL-Operator
 
SP2UUU   Contact Moderator
Super contest . vy 73 Chris
 
SP7SEW   Contact Moderator
RIG: IC-756PROII
ANT: delta
 
SP8CGU   Contact Moderator
TRz Icom IC-735, ant. dipole
 
TA4RC   Contact Moderator
73 de TA4RC
 
TG9ANF   Contact Moderator
QSL MANAGER  VE7BV
 
UR5LAM   Contact Moderator
SDR trcvr SunSDR2DX
Antenns: AV-640
 
UT4LW   Contact Moderator
SDR trcvr SunSDR2-PRO
Antenns: Windom
 
UZ1WW   Contact Moderator
73! Glory to Ukraine!
 
VA2SIB   Contact Moderator
Tnx for the contest!
 
VA3PC   Contact Moderator
Late start due to new radio and had to manufacture rtty cable.
 
VE2EZD   Contact Moderator
FT-950
 
VE3NZ   Contact Moderator
I was using 250 mW (same power as a single LED on the Christmas tree) into 3EL on 10M, verticals on
15M, 20M and 80M, dipole on 40M.
Nice contest, lots of fun, I love it. Tried calling CQ too and got a few answers, but mainly had to
do S&P.
10M did not meet my expectations, however 15 and 40 was great for DX and NA as
well.
After a long lunch break Sunday I went back to 20M to have more fun.
It is amazing what 250mW can do when your wires are at half decent height.
Feels like FSK has more punch than CW. Who needs FT8 for weak signal work...
Mni tnx for the QSOs,

73 Ben VE3NZ
 
VE7BGP   Contact Moderator
I managed to find a few hours to play in this contest. Radio used
FTdx-10
 
VE7SCC   Contact Moderator
A training exercise for a number of new operators and a chance to
try somenew things for the old hands.
 
W0ZW   Contact Moderator
Found plenty of RTTY activity on all bands.  Sometimes it was downright crowded!  Did not work a
single EU station however.  JA was the only entity worked in Asia and no Oceania except for KH6. 
Good openings to SA on 10 m in the late afternoon both days.  The station performed well running
high power and kept the shack nice and warm.  Very glad this is a winter contest.
 
W1MVY   Contact Moderator
This was a really fun contest.  This is the first time that I have operated RTTY and I found the
mode surprisingly robust during band changes.   Next time I'll be more prepared to do larger numbers
of contacts, but for a first try it was cool!
 
W1QK   Contact Moderator
Thanks for the contacts. Thanks to the ARRL for sponsoring the
contest. 73 - Dan, W1QK
 
W2NTN   Contact Moderator
This was a combination local / remote operation of the W2NTN
IC746PRO at 100 watts using the 80 - 10 meter multiband dipole.
Craig (W2NTN) operated locally, and Gary (N2OT) operated
remotely.  This was a learning experience and a lot of fun!
 
W3SA   Contact Moderator
Was really interesting to compare the spots with the acutal
calls, alot that don't match
 
W4IPC   Contact Moderator
Part time operation just to have a little fun with my friend at ZF5T.

Pretty compromised operation, amp does not work on 15m, antenna arcs if used on 80.....

Therefore a great time on 20 and 40 this contest was!

Equipment
Flex 6600
HF9V vertical
 
W5KY   Contact Moderator
IC-7600, DX Commander ABV
 
W6R   Contact Moderator
This is another WQ6X RTTY dual-OP from the East Bay (EB) ARRL
section.
 
W8JWN   Contact Moderator
Why does propagation always take a dive on RTTY contest weekends? I had very few contacts from
Europe on all bands. 15 meters to Asia was great on Sunday evening! Unfortunately, during the day 15
was poor. 20 was even worse! 

The contest has always been my favorite. I'm glad that there is still a lot of RTTY activity.
 
W8RU   Contact Moderator
Good conditions and lots of fun! Thanks for the QSOs. 73, Ron (W8RU).
 
WA2CHV   Contact Moderator
Never ran in a RTTY contest before, but Bob, W2RLK, talked me
into participating in this one. Spent half of this contest trying
to remember how RTTY works on a KX3.  I didn't spend the time to
figure out how to get the amp working with RTTY so ran barefoot
at 15 watts for the entire contest.  N1MM+ wouldn't play nice
with my RTTY progrgam so I resorted to manual logging and later
transcription to N1MM+.  23 DX contacts is testimony to what one
can do with just 15 watts, a good antenna, and good propagation.
 
WA7PVE   Contact Moderator
Great fun
 
WA9LKZ   Contact Moderator
FLDIGI Dell C840
 
WB0RUR   Contact Moderator
Good fun
 
WB6JJJ   Contact Moderator
Thanks for another fun contest.
The bands seemed quite good this weekend.
I wish that I had more time to play radio. Too many interruptions with family and friends both
days.
And, what's with all those people way off frequency. I had to use the RIT a bunch to get them into
the decoder passband. Fairly close is being lazy.
See you in the next contest...
Bill
 
WB9TFF   Contact Moderator
First time as multi-op M2, low power, 2 transmitters. WB9TFF Donna and
WB9TFH Gil. We used Ugly bandpass filters that I made.
Antennas were yagi at 51 feet, 135 ft. inverted V doublet at 50 feet
and ground mounted 5 band vertical. Radios were Yaesu FT-1000 100w
on the yagi and doublet and Yaesu Ft-991 100w on the vertical,
both using N1MM logging.  We had a good score combined, we never
reached this goal before individually contesting.
It was a good fun part time contest.
Our club is Society of Midwest Contesters, SMC.
May operate other contest as multi M2.
Thanks for all the Q's and DX.
 
WG1V   Contact Moderator
Had a great time trying out my new 80-10M end-fed antenna. Made a new high
contact count and worked almost all states in the process.
 
WO2T   Contact Moderator
Tribander & wires
 
WQ6X   Contact Moderator
This was another last-minute WQ6X dual-OP RTTY contest from
the EB  ARRL section.  The weekend was spent bouncing back
and forth as W6R (low power) and WQ6X (a QRP setup).
This weekend was the 1st-time an MFJ-993B IntelliTuner was used at
the Concord QTH.  The amazing thing was being able to tune the 3-el
Long John 10-meter Yagi on 15-meters (acting as a rotatable dipole
I  assume).  It even flat-tuned on 20-meters, altho the main antennas
for 20-m and below was a pair of 8JK-phased Cobra dipoles and a Comet
CH-250 vertical.
While the Space-WX seemed good, I was expecting more stations on the
air and stronger signal levels.  Then again, running the yagi on 15-meters
made for an extremely low-noise RX-ant - even better than a Beverage.
LooK for a write-up on this GiG soon at http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com.
 
WS7V   Contact Moderator
A two second power blackout on Saturday evening cost me thirty minutes reconfiguring the computer
and the sound card. Nothing like high blood pressure to start 80 meters.
 
YC8DUL   Contact Moderator
Thanks all  & CU AGN..73
 
YL3FW   Contact Moderator
SunSDR2, 50wt
Inverted V.
Tnx,73 & HNY!!!
 
YO2IS   Contact Moderator
IC7300, 80 W, 41 M sloping wire.73 Szigy.
 
YO3JW   Contact Moderator
TNX QSOs!
 
YO3RU   Contact Moderator
Kenwood TS-590 + PA IC-2KL (500W max, used at350W), 3 elem YAGI + Dipole 80/40M
 
YO4SI   Contact Moderator
RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4
 
YO5AXF   Contact Moderator
FT-897D RIG, W3DZZ AND DIAMOND CP-6 ANT
 
YO5OHY   Contact Moderator
Many station tnx to all ,73 GL
 
YO7LYM   Contact Moderator
POSTAL-CODE 200096
 
ZD7BG   Contact Moderator
Difficult to find a clear spot on the bands as they were very crowded
which resulted in making it difficult to copy call signs and reports at
times.
 
ZL3VZ   Contact Moderator
Operated portable from a campervan at RE78BI. Propagation out east to the Americas not very good
despite high solar flux. My two break times were 02 - 04
and 14 - 18 hrs.